Saved over 30% on my POP room!

[rustyanchor]

While I was reading reviews on Tripadvisor, trying to decide between a room at POP or AoA for September, I noticed an ad that quoted a price much lower than the one on the Disney site for POP. It was Travelocity, so I clicked the link and when I put in my dates, sure enough, the quote was about 20% less than Disney's! Apparently they are having a special right now. Then when I went to checkout, there was a box that said "Hotel Incentive Code." After a quick bit of googling, I found a code on RetailMeNot: GBH15E that gives an additional 15% off your booking! So my final total was an over 30% discount from the Disney rate (the final total with fees and everything averaged about $90/night since some nights were more expensive). I am sooo excited! I didn't even think about booking through another site... I guess the only thing I am worried about is not having it linked on my Disney account, and also I'm traveling with a group of friends and it doesn't give you the option to ask for a room near someone else when you book. So I don't know if I will have to call Travelocity or Disney about that. I'm thinking I might just call Disney when it's closer to our trip time. If the rooms aren't that close, it's not a huge deal to me, it would just be nice.

Oh, and the code might work for other resorts, I'm not sure! I noticed that Travelocity has posted discounted rates for a few other resorts so it's definitely worth taking a look. The additional 15% off code apparently expires 5/31.

 

[ferrero121]

Did you get free dining also?

 

[WEDWDW]

Yes,it seems like the outside vendors are consistently offering better deals than Disney.

I have booked my last 2 trips with Orbitz and saved about $100.00 each trip from my PASSHOLDER RATE!

 

[rustyanchor]

Did you get free dining also?

No, from what I understand you have to book a non-discounted room through Disney to get free dining, right? I don't use the dining plan anyway so it wasn't really a consideration for me.

WEDWDW, I had just assumed that outside vendors wouldn't have better deals. Looks like I was wrong!

 

[ferrero121]

Aww man we are booked for disney pop sept 5-8 Nd I booked thru disney we have 8oo of our trip paid for with gift cards

 

[AndreaDM]

Thank you!! I'm still hoping for free dining, but I went ahead and booked this, can cancel up to 6 days before trip.

 

[rustyanchor]

Thank you!! I'm still hoping for free dining, but I went ahead and booked this, can cancel up to 6 days before trip.

Awesome! Yes, that is something I forgot to mention... that you can cancel up to 6 days before the trip.

 

[kirrrby]

That code ends tomorrow (5/31/13) it's the offer for 15% off of their "Good Buy" resorts.

 

[keri50]

Wedwdw,

How far in advance do they normally let you book on these other sites? We are planning on going next year, I checked and the rooms are not open for next year yet on Travelocity. Ever have any trouble checking in? I don't think I have ever used Travelocity for anything before. . . thanks. . Keri

 

[DisneyDreamer1974]

Thanks so much for posting. I save $40 off my one night reservation at Universal's Royal Pacific Resort. I had it booked at rack rate. So glad I seen this.

 

[nittanytom]

Switched to Travelocity and saved $475 on our trip to the Pop in August. 30% off 2 rooms plus discounted tix for family of 6. One note of caution per the fine print: rooms are refundable up to a certain date but tickets are not.

 

[MakiraMarlena]

Did you get free dining also?

No free dining when booking through a third-party site like Travelocity. In fact, you can't get the dining plan at all, even if you pay for it.

 

[DisneyDreamer1974]

I also noted that in my confirmation email it stated that some of their good buy hotels charge for children and must be payed directly to the hotel, so I called up Travelocity and they told me that the Universal hotels don't do that. They did say that some did though.

 

[rustyanchor]

So glad some others were able to take advantage of this deal too! nittanytom, I didn't buy my tickets through Travelocity so didn't know that. thanks for the tip.

I plan to put the money I've saved towards more food and drinks from the kiosks at F&W.

 

[grkmbee]

These rates are selling out FAST - about 2 hours ago, WL had availability for all my dates in August - now there is NOTHING! So sad I waited to consult my DH!

 

[AliceandAriel]

Holy CRAP they're selling out fast. Thinking about jumping on this and securing our room, worst case scenario they offer free dining and we cancel the res through Travelocity, right?

 

[mickey1968]

Thanks so much for pointing me toward Travelocity. I also hadn't really thought to look there for discounted rates even though I have used them for other trips in the past. I just checked it out and could save about $300 plus I do ebates.com and Travelocity gives a whopping 5.5% cash-back when you start your shopping at ebates.com. For me that will be nearly another $100. I was still able to apply the Retailmenot.com 15% off code too!

I am still double-checking my math and trying to decide between CSR or Pop or ASMo for my hotel...I hate math and this is like a giant word problem!

 

[DisneyWisher]

These rates are selling out FAST - about 2 hours ago, WL had availability for all my dates in August - now there is NOTHING! So sad I waited to consult my DH!

For me it showed the discount I hit the back button to looked at a different resort when I went back to original it said room not available. I hit back and went forward again and it was available again.

If you can get the 15% off its a great deal. Without it, it's the same as the general code Disney is offering. I'm booked through Disney right now for $295 9/13-9/16 (3 nights) Travelocity without the GBH15E code it's $297, with the code it's $252.51.

 

[melifeld]

Okay, I just booked for my dates in July and saved $200 off the AP rate that I had already booked through Disney. This is awesome! The exact room type and everything. Now I just need to cancel my ressie through Disney.

Before I do that, has anyone had a problem at check-in when booking through a third party? Just checking...

Thanks for posting the discount and the code!

 

[melifeld]

Also, can you make requests somehow when you have booked through Travelocity? Like for room location or to note a birthday? How do you do this?

Thanks.